Climate Change & Environment
So Enbridge Sued Us
SO ENBRIDGE SUED US
By James Botsford
(Editor’s Note: James and Krista Botsford of Wausau, Wisconsin are being sued by Enbridge, a multi-national oil pipeline corporation based in Canada, over land in North Dakota that the Botsfords own.)
One day around dinner time the phone rang and it was someone from a multi-national oil pipeline corporation telling me they wanted to run a 24-inch pipeline across our farmland capable of transporting 300,000 barrels of oil a day in order to get it to a seaport so it could be sold on the world market.
I told them my wife and I ...
Shrink the Pentagon’s Massive Contribution to Climate Change
Shrink the Pentagon's Massive Contribution to Climate Change
by Lenore Hitchler
(This article was first published in The Capital Times)
Roads melting from a heatwave in India. Droughts. Floods in Bangladesh. Many scientists believe the dramatic increase in extreme weather is a result of global climate change. Pope Francis is particularly concerned about the ethics of not stopping global warming, as he discusses in his encyclical.
A lot of talk about the causes of climate change emphasizes the contributions of individuals to the problem. The solutions to climate ...
Home…A Good Movie To Watch
HOME…..A GOOD MOVIE TO WATCH
World renowned photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, released HOME on World Environment Day, June 5, 2009.
The film was shot in 54 countries and 120 locations over 217 days. HOME is almost entirely composed of aerial footage showing how everything on earth is interconnected.
Though the visually stunning images inspire a sense of awe, wonder, and appreciation for our home planet, this film was produced to awaken a collective conscience and responsibility.
HOME poses the prospect that unless we take responsible action to protect the ...
COME TO THE 4TH ANNUAL LAKE MONONA WATER WALK
COME TO THE 4TH ANNUAL LAKE MONONA WATER WALK
JULY 10 – 12, 2015
Friday July 10 – Evening with Bill Miller (Mohican). Overnight camping.
Saturday July 11 – Pow Wow, Elders Teaching Lodge, Inipi and Moon Lodge
Ceremonies at Frostwoods Beach, Monona. Camp Overnight.
Sunday July 12 – Pipe Ceremony, All Traditions Water Blessing, Drums Circle the Lake, Water Walk, Feast, Camp overnight.
Monday July 13 – Clean up grounds. Leave no trace. Share the vision of What’s Next.
“It is said that when the water turns to poison and you can no longer eat the fish, A ...
HELP RENEW THE EARTH – MIDWEST ENERGY FAIR
HELP RENEW THE EARTH by Middle Wisconsin Editorial Staff
Here’s is your chance to help renew the earth. Attend the 26th Annual Energy Fair 2015 June 19-21, Friday – Sunday in Custer, Wisconsin.
You can learn about renewable energy as well as network with people already living a sustainable lifestyle.
Over 15,000 people will attend this grand event in beautiful central Wisconsin. They come from all walks of life and have one thing in common: love and concern for renewing our earth.
Buses will come from Madison and Milwaukee. A shuttle bus runs every 15 ...
Citizen Input Provides Important Details of Conservation Budget Cuts
Citizen Input Provides Important Details of Conservation Budget Cuts
By State Senator Kathleen Vinehout
"Why is it I keep hearing more about what’s in the governor’s budget?” the woman asked me. “Don’t you see it all at once and then decide what to do?”It can be difficult for legislators to know the full effect of cuts without the critical input of citizens.For example, news of cuts to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) made its way to western Wisconsin. Constituents communicated back to me the effect of these cuts. Through emails, phone calls ...
ON THE BOOKSHELF…..SEVENTH GENERATION EARTH ETHICS (NATIVE VOICES OF WISCONSIN)
ON THE BOOKSHELF…..SEVENTH GENERATION EARTH ETHICS
(NATIVE VOICES OF WISCONSIN) by Patty Loew
Foreword by Winona LaDuke
Patty Loew, PhD. Is an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and a recipient of the Outstanding Service Award of the Great Lakes Intertribal Council.
She is a professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and affiliated faculty with the American Indian Studies Program.
She is the author of the bestseller Indian Nations of Wisconsin.
For twenty years she hosted ...
Protect Our Outdoor Heritage
Looking at the budget debates going on in Wisconsin and nationally it is hard to understand the conservative positions. Their destructive, short- sighted, and counter-productive agendas are simply “penny wise and pound foolish.” Why are they obsessed with cutting successful programs that cost pennies in comparison to the social and economic benefits?
I am a member of the North Country Trail Association (NCTA). This non-profit organizes volunteers to build and maintain the North Country National Scenic Trail which runs across Northern Wisconsin. The work we do as ...
CELEBRATE EARTH DAY ON APRIL 22…..
There was a time when man took no more
Than he needed.
That time is gone….
There was a time when he gave something back.
That time is gone….
There was a time when he worshipped the creator
And honored creation.
That time too is gone…
Now the waters are polluted.
Our natural resources are all but gone
And creation is dying…
It is time…
To find our way back to the earth.
--Kevin Thunderhorse Wright
It is easy on warm sunny days to find my way back to the earth. Spring flowers are blooming. Lettuce planted last November has sprouted. Rhubarb ...
PROTECTING WISCONSIN’S WATER
An editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel April 7, 2015 states:
"Once again, Gov. Scott Walker's budget is taking Wisconsin in the wrong direction. Instead of spending more to curb runoff pollution, the 2015-'17 budget actually cuts programs that address the problem. That not only weakens protections for the state's waterways, it undercuts administration officials who say they're committed to reducing runoff pollution."
The governor's budget cuts $5.7 million from programs needed to address runoff problems. The cuts would reduce funding and staff at the ...
